Sure… July 13th, 1939 (s/n 16800) was the last Long Tang.  On September 21st, 1939 s/n 16801 was manufactured as the first “Short” tang.  There was a 2+ month production hiatus while Winchester retooled for the Short tang variation of the Model 71.

Bert

Landy Ray said
Thank you,Bert for the information!

Great to learn the history on the Model 71.

  

Have you read the articles that I wrote and published discussing the Model 71?

Bert